New Study Shows Major Differences Between Girls' and Guys' Brains

There's been an ongoing, battle-of-the-sexes debate for years (and probably centuries) about who's got better brains, men or women. And some recent research seems to have finally put this question to rest—we both do.

Turns out that men and women's brains are so different that it's almost like comparing apples to oranges, according to various studies that have examined the differences between both genders' thinking caps.

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For example, men's brains are about 8-to-10 percent larger than women's, which might seem to indicate that guys have the cranial upper hand. But! After looking at 26,000 brain scans, one neuroscientist found that women had increased activity in 112 of the 128 regions of the brain he measured.

The reason? The male brain is much quieter in how it processes information, while the female brain is firing all the time. However, just because our brains are more active, that doesn't mean our brains are better—in fact, so much activity actually makes us three times as prone to migraines as guys are.

Other fun tidbits on brain differences by gender include the fact that women feel more pain and are more sensitive to touch than men are, and that while stress makes women want to talk things out, feeling anxious makes dudes angry. (Good to know when you or your man comes home after a particularly bad day at the office.)

The bottom line, according to various studies and scientists, is this: Men and women are equal when it comes to our brains, we're just wired really differently.